Duh: Joss Whedon passed on new 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' movie

Recent events have shown us that a handful of Warner Brothers executives and evil franchise owners
Fran Rubel Kuzui and
Kaz Kuzui are the only people who actually think that a "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" movie is a good idea.

But that doesn't mean that they didn't at least try to make the cinematic reboot a non-disaster. Before signing unknown scribe
Whit Anderson to take care of the screenplay, The Hollywood Reporter
says the project was pitched to "Buffy" creator
Joss Whedon.

Whedon reportedly wanted to work on other projects -- like his upcoming adaptation of "The Avengers" -- but aren't there other reasons at play here? Whedon was not a fan of what happened with the original "Buffy" film, largely based on changes made by rightsholder and director Rubel Kuzui. It's why he pushed so hard to make the TV series.

And after getting 7 season to tell the story he wanted on television, and an eighth in comic book form, it's safe to assume the man has probably had enough of the character for a while.